Dan Hurley's Wife Caught Attention With Behavior After Elite Eight Victory Over Duke
The Final Four of the men's NCAA Tournament tips off later tonight as UConn and Illinois get the party started before Arizona and Michigan square off in a battle of the lone remaining No. 1 seeds.
UConn is attempting to become the first program since John Wooden's UCLA teams to win three NCAA titles in four year span. Wooden's teams won 10 titles in a 12 years span, so Dan Hurley has plenty of work to do, but he has the support of more than just his players and coaching staff.
In a stunning Elite Eight victory over Duke thanks to a last-second three-pointer from Braylon Mullins, Hurley's wife, Andrea, stole the attention. She immediately attempted to get the players back to the bench safely in an effort to avoid a technical foul, which could be called if the bench rushes onto the court.
She immediately starts motioning to the bench man, look at this ????
— UConn Men's Basketball (@UConnMBB) April 1, 2026
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Dan Hurley Praised His Wife's Reaction
During a podcast appearance after the game, Hurley revealed she's the boss.
“Yeah, and she knows nothing,” he joked. "Yeah, she’s a boss. She’s the Jersey boss lady. And her language is colorful, too. I mean, she was grabbing people around the back of their warmups."
He admitted his wife doesn't know much about basketball, but she knew to get everyone back to their seats.
"And she doesn’t know anything about basketball, you know?" he said. "I said to her on the plane, ‘This is wild. Three out of four years, you’re going to the Final Four. Did you ever imagine this with your life?’ And she’s like, ‘I didn’t even know Final Four existed until four years ago.”
Andrea Hurley Revealed Her Favorite Part of Life in Basketball
While she admitted the basketball life is stressful on the whole family, she loves the opportunity to be there for the players – and even bake cupcakes on their birthdays.
“The players are honestly my favorite part. They’re other people’s kids, and they are away from home, so they need to know that someone is there for them,” she said.
She revealed on Mother's Day, “I get texts from all the previous players and I’m literally crying all day because it’s so insane that these kids think to text you.”
UConn and Illinois tip off at 6:09 p.m. ET. The game can be found on TBS, truTV and HBO Max.